Presented on Wednesday, May 26 in the Barn at Quarry Farm.  Close your eyes and picture Mark Twain.  What do you see?  Most likely a white suit, white hair, big white whiskers, and a bigger cigar.  What does he sound like?  Southern with a drawl.  "mark Twain Illustrated and Impersonated" is a historical discussion concerning what we know about Mark Twain - through the mediums of caricature and dramatic performance - and how we've come to know it.  Through slides and recordings, "Mark Twain Illustrated and Impersonated" will deconstruct our perception of Samuel Clemens's public personality to understnad that what seems a static icon continues to be a dynamic reaction to our contemporary society.

Alex Brink Effgen is a doctoral candidate in Editorial Studies at Boston University's Editorial Institute.

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